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The underneath of things [electronic resource] : violence, history, and the everyday in Sierra Leone / Mariane C. Ferme.

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In this erudite and gracefully written ethnography, Mariane Ferme explores the links between a violent historical and political legacy, and the production of secrecy in everyday material culture. The focus is on Mende-speaking southeastern Sierra Leone and the surrounding region. Since 1990, this ar...

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Main Author: Ferme, Mariane C. (Mariane Conchita), 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Mende (African people) > Material culture.
Mende (African people) > Social life and customs.
Sex role > Sierra Leone > Kpuawala.
Landscape assessment > Sierra Leone > Kpuawala.
Kpuawala (Sierra Leone) > Politics and government.
Kpuawala (Sierra Leone) > Social life and customs.
Landscape assessment.
Manners and customs.
Politics and government.
Sex role.
Sierra Leone > Kpuawala.

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Call Number: DT516.45.M45 F47 2001
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